Wise minds follow the same path

And so do unwise ones.

Please have a look at my earlier post today, Willful ignorance, if you haven't already. And then note this (thanks to Jonathan Schwarz at A Tiny Revolution for providing the information):

[Presidential Secretary] “Abd said key Regime members “habitually” concealed from Saddam unpleasant realities of Iraq’s industrial and military capabilities and of public opinion. Fear of the loss of position motivated this deception, which continued until the final days of the Regime.

Asked how Saddam treated people who brought him bad news, “Ali Hasan Al Majid replied, “I don’t know.” ISG assesses that “Ali Hasan Al Majid has never known any instance of anybody bringing bad news to Saddam.

Okay, in case you don't want to read my earlier post, here's the pertinent part:

Our sources say that attempts to brief Bush on various grim realities have been personally rebuffed by the President, who actually says that he does not want to hear “bad news.”

Rather, Bush makes clear that all he wants are progress reports, where they exist, and those facts which seem to support his declared mission in Iraq...building democracy. “That's all he wants to hear about,” we have been told. So “in” are the latest totals on school openings, and “out” are reports from senior US military commanders (and those intelligence experts still on the job) that they see an insurgency becoming increasingly effective, and their projection that “it will just get worse.”

(That's explained in my post you didn't read.)The Wiz)
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